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Re: COFFEE POT #7 July 2010 for all to take a drink and chat. Welcome all posters. 5 yrs old and still going. Sweet ice tea too.

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Posted by SPMan on Friday, July 9, 2010 1:41 PM

Good morning all,  I just learned yesterday on another forum that Betty Kimball, beloved wife of well known train collector and Disney animator, Ward Kimball passed away recently.  She was 97.  Ward passed away in 2002.  Condolences to the Kimball family.

Ray

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Friday, July 9, 2010 11:30 AM

TGIF!!!!  YEA!!!

We had rain today and it has cooled off. 

Congratulations to Joe !!!   (Brio can be bought used at garage and tag sales for less than 1/2 price.)

For those that are interested, CN announced that they were planning to hire 2000 engineers, conductors and mechanics.  Check out TRAINS Mag website.

Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum. Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by Ole Timer on Friday, July 9, 2010 10:18 AM

 RT .... WHOA ... I was in no way takeing up for midwinterauctions ! I was just trying to tell all the folks that's the way they sell and not to expect to get a working engine from them . With 99 3/4 % of the sellers being very courteous and honest ... many assume all the sellers are . THEY ARE NOT !  I'd avoid them like a plague and do so myself ... the problem is alot of buyers won't give the lousey ones negatives for all to see ... but I DO !!! 

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Posted by rtraincollector on Friday, July 9, 2010 9:38 AM

Happy B-DayJoe jr. Congrats Joe and wife. Hope all doing well

Hey if you can find a crayola train set Whistlingthat might be a way to break trains into the little guy lionel made them back about 15 years ago I think. of coarse Thomas train set always works too.Whistling

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Posted by sir james I on Friday, July 9, 2010 9:07 AM

Good morning

Congrats Joe, I hope mom and son are doing well.

Cloudy and 75 going to 85. very humid though.

No breaking news today,, enjoy your friday.....S.J.

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Posted by Sturgeon-Phish on Friday, July 9, 2010 8:35 AM

Morning all

CONGRATS Joe

Jack - That is beautiful!

MAy God bless

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Posted by RockIsland52 on Friday, July 9, 2010 8:18 AM

Joe.....when acquiring that first train for your boy, getting past the wife's financial objections and more practical inclinations takes some doing.  Here are some time-tested, successful excuses reasons and examples you can employ as to why the train purchase is a wise, educational, and critical child development acquisition:

1.)   Color differentiation: "Son, is that color boxcar red or tuscan red?"

2.)   Creative thinking:  "Dad, it works better if you plug in the transformer."

3.)   Hand/eye coordination:  "Son, I got a little over zealous with the throttle again.  Will you put those 17 cars back on the track?"

4.)   Motor skills and manual dexterity:  "Gee, Dad, when you run the train too fast the engine tips over.  These pilot trucks on the Hudson are hard to get on the rails."  "Keep working at it, Son.  With practice you will get better at it." 

5.)   Patience:  "Hey Dad, you've been hogging the transformer for the past 2 hours.  When is it my turn to run the trains?"

6.)   Social interaction and sharing:  "Son, these are my trains and those are yours.  Keep your hands off of mine and we will get along fine."

7.)   Math skills:  "Son, if I am running dual-motored F3s in an ABBA lashup and only the A units are motorized, how many motors do I have working for me?"

8.)   Verbal skills/vocabulary:  "Dad, every time you run the trains too fast and they derail, you blurt out all of these strange words you don't use around Mommy."

9.)   Religion:  "......and what does God have to do with the derailment?"

10.)  Respect for electricity:  "Dad, why is there smoke coming out of your ears?"

11.)  Olefactory development:  "Dad, that isn't smoke fluid I smell.  Something is burning!"

12.)  Sense of humor and empathy:  "It's ok, Dad, pileups happen to the best of us.....just not 4 per hour."

13.)  Planning:  "Dad, why do you keep sneaking all of these orange boxes into the house when Mommy isn't around and hiding them under the train table?"

14.)  Safety:  "Dad, why do we have two smoke detectors above the train table and two fire extinguishers nearby?"

15.)  Father/Son bonding:  "Gee, Dad, we spend so much time down here running the trains I forgot what Mommy looks like.  And I'm getting tired of eating all of my meals down here."

Congrats again, Joe.

Jack

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Posted by RockIsland52 on Friday, July 9, 2010 6:55 AM

It's a boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Congratulations Joe!!!!!!!!  Glad to hear Mom and the little guy are doing well.  I too see trains in his future.  Thumbs Up Thumbs Up Thumbs Up

Jack

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Posted by Banks on Friday, July 9, 2010 6:22 AM

 Hello all,

TGIF, quick sip this morning.

DEMAY, Congrats on the new BOY. I see trains in his future.

HUDSON, I agree on the Electronic collar. We've used them on our last couple of dogs. They work wonderful. Only one dog after he was trained needed to wear the collar every six months or so as a reminder.

Busy fighting heat, need some rain.

Not much on the train front. Missed some vintage street lamps the other day.

I'll be studying for a colonoscopy on Sunday. I should have time to catch up between "runs". 

 

Prayers for all who may need them

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Friday, July 9, 2010 5:52 AM

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is 70 degrees. Raining steady. Hear thunder in the distance. Looks like an all day rain. Going up to a cooler 78 today.

Today is a busy day. My wife decided to grocery shop today. She will be very happy about doing it in the rain. I think I will hide in the train room.

Not much else is new here. PT went well yesterday. I walked 1600 feet. That's over a quarter mile. I was tired. A little achy today.

Dining car rolled in from "Points West". Having the usual Cheerios for breakfast.  " Cheerios...Breakfast of real Trainmen". LOL

Buckeye...TGIF...( I bet you're glad)

Y'all have a great Friday.

Chuck 

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Posted by cheapclassics on Friday, July 9, 2010 4:46 AM

Good morning all,

Rain all around us, but none so far in the Tree City in SE Indiana.  Stayed home and rested based on the radar in the area last night.  Could have and should have mowed, but did not think weather would cooperate for as long as it did.  Worked on major project yesterday that had been on back burner.  If I can get that done, that will eliminate one area of responsibility almost completely and let me concentrate more on the primary tasks I have to do.  I had bacon and biscuits on the dining car for breakfast this morning before sending it onto "Points East".  TBIL anytime.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by Brutus on Thursday, July 8, 2010 11:24 PM

Running late - bedtime.  I've finished clearing all my stuff off our old desktop computer so I can give it to my sister.  I need to do a defrag to finish it off, but that will have to wait until tomorrow.  Plan to take it over to her house on Saturday and get her set up.  Nice talking with SJ tonight and I had a nice talk earlier with Doug on the phone while he was driving home from the Sox game.  Chewy is an indoor doggy, complete with a litter box, but she loves to get outside and run around as much as possible.  She is very willing to come in on these hot days though!  We had rain tonight, so it will be interesting to see what that does to our temps.  Tardis is ready, so let's hit it guys!

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Posted by rtraincollector on Thursday, July 8, 2010 11:00 PM

Wes on the Ebay front 99% of my dealing are great it just I contacted him (by email) and said I decided to keep it but would not buy anymore motorize items from him His response was"I WILL OBLIGE YOUR REQUEST AND BLOCK YOU FROM ANYMORE BIDDING ! " Sorry but I even called prior and very politely told them I was going to return as it was an inoperative unit ( first I asked for Brian told not in I think he actually doesn't exist as have called before and always told he's not in) and the person I talked to basically said "so, Okay, just return it." You see this is the second item from him that didn't work when I got it I've have been told by others since I posted this that he is very rude so it not just me and they had other names for him not worthy of printing here about his attitude.

As far as Trainz goes top notch #1 and have always said that.

 

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Posted by 8ntruck on Thursday, July 8, 2010 10:36 PM

Sunny and low 80's here today.  Rain in the area, but none here.

Got a bid in on a #225 Alco.  I'll be at work when the auction ends, so I can't counter snipe.  We'll see how it turns out tomorrow.

Hanging some cement board. One more piece to go, but it is the one with all of the fiddly work around the pipes and faucets - not the kind of work I do well with when I'm tired.  The job sure would have gone easier if the local rental places had cement board shears.  Scoring and snapping are not as easy as the instructions make it out to be.

I've got a board game called Fortress America.  The setup is that the US is getting invaded on both coasts and from Mexico.  As my friends and I have played the game, we've made the observation that in order for this to actually happen our Navy would have to be almost nonexistant.  NavyJack's comments made me think about this game for some reason..... 

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Posted by Sturgeon-Phish on Thursday, July 8, 2010 9:41 PM

Evening all

Thinking about you all and reading up on posts.

May God bless

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Posted by dougdagrump on Thursday, July 8, 2010 9:11 PM

Just a quick stop for an F.Y.I.

It has been done previously by CTT in 2004 and they set the bar pretty high but the other publication in their current release has done a photo spread on the SD3Railers. Shameless self promotion. Blush

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Posted by Ole Timer on Thursday, July 8, 2010 8:29 PM

 Ebay buying .... I will only buy engines from TRAINZ on ebay ... 99% of all the train cars and all other accessories I have gotten there .. on Ebay ... were as described or better . I have bought 3 other engines on Ebay ... all perfect in running shape and appearance . Midwinterauctions does NOT guarantee ANY of their engines and it's buyer beware and they will tell you so . I will never pay retail at a small shop anymore unless it's something I must have immediatly and a small item . That's what paypal is for ... security of no rip offs and has worked fabulous for me many times and have gotten my full money back including shipping . Sometimes the seller even refunded my money and let me keep the item to boot . Final thought ... if it's not stated or guaranteed perfect ... don't buy it ! My 2 cents  I've saved a huge amount of money on ebay ... and am glad it's available ... no way could anyone get the choices and sometimes rare items anywhere else at such low prices .  

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Posted by Demay on Thursday, July 8, 2010 7:56 PM

Good evening all,

Thanks RI Jack.  My wife delivered our third child yesterday afternoon, a 7lb, 6oz boy.  He and mom are doing well and I'm posting this from the hospital room.  Unfortunately nothing with flanged wheels showed up at the shower (and believe me, I requested); I guess these people believe baby clothes, wipes, etc. are more important than trains.

I hope to post more tomorrow, maybe even a photo.

Regards,

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Posted by sir james I on Thursday, July 8, 2010 7:32 PM

Good Evening

We got about 30 minutes of lite rain this afternoon, some got downpours. It did bring temps into the low 80s, down from 93. Banilla is ready for the thingy.....S.J.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 8, 2010 6:59 PM

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HudsonJohn.....get your pup an ecollar (TriTronics or Dogtra).  They have a range at 1/2 mile and up.  Recalls work no matter what the distraction for the dog or distance from you, even out of voice range..  Once the dog is properly and humanely trained on them, you almost never have to use them.  The dog knows he/she can't blow you off just because he/she isn't on a leash or is 100 yards away or there is something more interesting to chase.  Hunters have been using them for about 45 years.  Your observation about the dog getting hit by a car ignoring the recall is one of the reasons my wife and I have been using them for the past 11 years.  BTW, my wife tried one out on me before she would acquiesce to using one with her precious child dog.  The stim is nowhere near what you might expect.



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Posted by RockIsland52 on Thursday, July 8, 2010 1:53 PM

Just a spash and go......

The temps have moderated here to the mid 80s for the moment, higher temps inland, North, and West though.  The humidity remains putrid.  I reread Chief's meteorological opinion about how the heat is coming from the Nawth, but the weather guys up here have the arrows pointed toward the NE from the South.  He must have been watching his TV upside down.  Bad batch of sweet iced tea I suppose.  Wink

In the local news.....two missing after a barge hit a disabled duck boat.  Tourists from Hungary.  Sad. 

RT....... Banged Head on the train condition and your temporary bug.  Get well!

JimmyT..... Banged Head on the  residential" issue.  No good deed shall go unpunished.  Make another change.  Talk is cheap, and I venture to say you can't change the zebra's stripes over the long haul.

SJ....... Thumbs Up and Granny's wait will be worth it.  Prayers on her upcoming procedure, and I hope the results are just as exhilarating for her.  Extreme cold and extreme heat.....makes breathing that much more difficult for a lot of us.  Beer and a/c until the heat wave passes! 

Rich.....[angel] on your search.  Things always seem to work out for the best in the long run.  It sounds  like in the exchange, all things considered, you are going to come out on top with this one.  Your passion is in NJ.  Hang in there.

Pat......that's some gizmo you have set up there.  You should go to work for the department of corrections!  Is razor wire next?  Big Smile

HudsonJohn.....get your pup an ecollar (TriTronics or Dogtra).  They have a range at 1/2 mile and up.  Recalls work no matter what the distraction for the dog or distance from you, even out of voice range..  Once the dog is properly and humanely trained on them, you almost never have to use them.  The dog knows he/she can't blow you off just because he/she isn't on a leash or is 100 yards away or there is something more interesting to chase.  Hunters have been using them for about 45 years.  Your observation about the dog getting hit by a car ignoring the recall is one of the reasons my wife and I have been using them for the past 11 years.  BTW, my wife tried one out on me before she would acquiesce to using one with her precious child dog.  The stim is nowhere near what you might expect.

Brutus..... bad beer?  My wife had an unexplained headache the day before yesterday, thought it was a migraine.  She stopped short of blaming me.  I hope you are feeling better.  It is an honor to share the same name as your Dad.  Your whole family has really pulled together during the past year and a half.  How is Chewy handling the heat?

Later, gang!

Jack 

 

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Posted by dougdagrump on Thursday, July 8, 2010 1:50 PM

Mornin' Ladies & Gents !

Just now beginning to recover from the last week+ of insanity, except somewhere somehow I've managed to booger the back a bit. Sad

Regarding the previously mentioned E-Bay seller, if I buy anything from them it is little piddly stuff. Nothing involving wheels or electronics.

Weather has been yucky for quite some time, we haven't seen any significant sunshine. Second week of July and we still have a very thick soggy layer of May Gray & June Gloom, beginning to feel like a mushroom.

John, Bummer about the trip to Colo, but on the other hand the pride of seeing one of your own putting on the uniform has got to be great. There are some great backroads to travel if time permits, primarily county roads and some of the state hiways, I-70 from Glennwood Spgs thru the EisenhowerTunnel is pretty awesome. That's kinda close to my old stomping grounds, Grand Lake.

Later all, gotta get up and move as the back is starting to knot up a bit. Sigh  

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 8, 2010 1:30 PM

Afternoon fellas.

Been rather busy of late and haven't been posting much. Last weekend The Q and I got the sunroom floor grouted and started hanging the trim around the doors. Really starting to look like a room now!

Family is coming into town this weekend, so no work on the room. Oh well, need a break from it.

The wrist is really coming along. I have only a little knumbness in the index finger and thumb now, and the range of motion is quite impressive. The PT doesn't think there will be much more improvement till I can start building strength.

RE: EBay sellers. This is why I stopped buying on EBay and restrict my purchases to buy on site. Been burned on too many occasions as both buyer and seller.

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Posted by Hudson#685 on Thursday, July 8, 2010 1:20 PM

Good Afternoon from the Jersey Shore, 84, cloudy, 61% humidity and light rain most of the morning.

Rich, Good Luck with the job search. Enjoy the Grillin.

Navy Jack, The way Washington is going, the Somali Piarates will have a bigger navy.

Ole Timer, Antiquated Power Grid, That is the one thing abou the power company that I work for. The spend the money in upgrading the system. We have won the Reliability Award for a number of years in a row. We have numerous upgrade projects in transmission, distribution and generation. where I live it is not our service territory and we are plaqued with an "Antiquated System" and I have a generator.

SJ, I know what you mean about doctor's and waiting. We should be able to back charge for waiting and you will see how quick we get in.

Green 97 Probe, Jim, If for some reason, I get a bad feeling about a seller, I look at his past ratings. If I find a few negatives or neutrals, I will investigate. A few months back, I spotted a 6464 series box car that was written up well, but vague, that had no bids. I check the seller out and he had some negative feedbacks. I bid opening bid and did not go any higher, because I had my doubts about him. I am glad that I did not pay much. The pictures were not that great and when I received it, it could have been a bait and switch. I gave him a satisfactory rating mainly because of the price, but I added the comment that it was not as described and the one side was splattered with paint. He went ballistic and coountered that I must really be picky and the paint must be minute because he did not see it. Very nasty comment and he never gave me a rating, big deal. I will never deal with him again. Good luck with your "Guest" and I hope that it works out.

Prayers and thoughts for all in need.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 8, 2010 11:38 AM

John,

        Be very glad that you were able to talk yourself out of buying from them.  I wish I could've done that.

I have not had a chance to post in a while.  A friend of mine was in need of a place to stay, so after his sister told him that he couln't stay with her, he is here.  It sounded like a good idea at first, but now me and my folks are seeing it a bit differently.  I'll check back in asap.

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Posted by rtraincollector on Thursday, July 8, 2010 10:52 AM

Hey jack sent you some clips to watch think you will love them give you something to laugh about anyway on some of them

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Posted by sir james I on Thursday, July 8, 2010 10:25 AM

Good Morning

Hot, 90s.

Just got home from a 9:15 appointment for grannys preop cataract surgery on the 21st. I wonder how much they would charge if they had to wait that long for us.

RT twice is enough, be glad your off his buyer list....We may get some storms later, time will tell...S.J.

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Posted by Ole Timer on Thursday, July 8, 2010 8:06 AM

 It's finally supposed to drop below the 100 + temps here ... crazy heat .... it's hotter here than at my sis-in-law's in Florida ! They say the power plants are running at full throttle and hope our lousey power grid holds up ! Man if that thing goes down there's going to be alot of folks with heat strokes or possible heat related deaths the news commentator said . Over 15 years of saying it's antiquated and they still never updated it  in the east .  

Pool party in Frederick saturday .... and temps supposed to go down in the 80's ... I surely hope so .

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Posted by navyjack on Thursday, July 8, 2010 8:01 AM

Shocki am shocked.  got navy times paper yesterday and navy has to cut down to the bone.  budget calls for dropping 2 carriers, f-35 fighter, 40 percent of boomers and two other programs.  also cuttingdown to 230 ships....(had 600 when i was in).  god bless president reagan.  admiral chief, you will have to help the navy out now.  roll out those ironclad yachets.  sounds like rt got taken, sorry man.  navyjack

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Posted by anjdevil2 on Thursday, July 8, 2010 7:17 AM

Hey, Guys..

Quick run through.....cloudy here in Central Jersey..or overcast?  Haze for sure..

Have 2 interviews in Philly today, staying with the company, the hours and days off are not very good, but....its a job.

Been enjoying my time here, spending too much money and too little time sleeping....Banged Head

The Princess is off with her Aunt to Avon-by-the Sea, I'm finishing up some paper work, then a quick nap,

shower, shave.  Off to Essington Ave for my "grilling" by noon.

Angel for all our intentions....

Have a great day!

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